Canopy structural changes following widespread mortality of canopy dominant trees

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-552

  Hardiman, Brady S ^a   Bohrer, Gil ^b   Gough, Christopher M ^c   Curtis, Peter S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Disturbance; Lidar; Light availability; Rugosity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RUGOSITY; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

OPTICAL RADAR;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT; LEAF; LIDAR; MORTALITY; TREE;

FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT; RADAR;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84888801058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4030537     Document Type: Article

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